A History of London's Prisons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of London's Prisons write by Geoffrey Howse. This book was released on 2013-01-19. A History of London's Prisons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author of The A-Z of London Murders takes readers behind the bars of the city’s numerous jails and tells the tales of their most infamous inmates. London has had more prisons than any other British city. The City’s “gates” once contained prisons but probably the most notorious of all was Newgate, which stood for over seven hundred years. The eleventh-century Tower of London was used as a prison for a variety of high profile prisoners from Sir Thomas More to the Krays. Discover the background of a variety of historic places of incarceration such as the Clink, the King’s Bench Prison, and debtors’ prisons such as the Fleet Prison and the Marshalsea. “Lost” prisons such as the Gatehouse in Westminster, Millbank Penitentiary, Surrey County Gaol in Horsemonger Lane, the House of Detention, Coldbath Fields Prison, and Tothill Fields Bridewell Prison are also described in detail; as are more familiar jails: Holloway, Pentonville, Brixton, Wandsworth, and Wormwood Scrubs. In A History of London’s Prisons, Geoffrey Howse delves not only into the intricate web of historical facts detailing the origins of the capital’s prisons but also includes fascinating detail concerning the day-to-day life of prisoners—from the highly born to the most despicable human specimens imaginable—as well as those less fortunate individuals who found themselves through no fault of their own “in the clink,” some soon becoming clients of the hangman or executioner.
The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life
The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life write by Henry Mayhew. This book was released on 1862. The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The London Prisons
The London Prisons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The London Prisons write by William Hepworth Dixon. This book was released on 2016-05-20. The London Prisons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A History of the Fleet Prison, London the Anatomy of the Fleet
A History of the Fleet Prison, London the Anatomy of the Fleet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Fleet Prison, London the Anatomy of the Fleet write by Roger Lee Brown. This book was released on 1996-01-01. A History of the Fleet Prison, London the Anatomy of the Fleet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Fleet Prison is noteworthy for being one of the oldest of the English prisons, and one mentioned frequently in literature. This work explores the actual workings of the privately-owned debtors' prison, examining its earliest history from medieval times; the celebrated inquiry into the administration of the prison during the 1610s; the misuse of authority by the wardens in the 1680s onward; the infamous Parliamentary inquiry in 1729, based on the parliamentary reports, trial papers, etc; to the closing by parliamentary legislation in 1842.
Pain and Retribution
Pain and Retribution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pain and Retribution write by David Wilson. This book was released on 2014-03-15. Pain and Retribution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today, the Tower of London is a tourist site, home only to the crown jewels, but not long ago the imposing structure held traitors, political prisoners, and more, often on their way to the chopping block. Even outside of this famous building, prisons have changed radically since the Norman Conquest in 1066. In the first book on the history of prisons in Britain, former prison governor and professor of criminology David Wilson offers unrivaled insight into the penal system in England, Scotland, and Wales, charting the rise and fall of forms of punishments that take place behind their walls. Pain and Retribution explores prisons as an institution and examines how they are designed, organized, and managed. Wilson reveals that prisons have to satisfy the demands of three interested parties: the public, from politicians and media commentators to everyday citizens; the prison staff; and the prisoners themselves. He shows how prevailing concerns and issues of the times allow one faction or another to have more power at varying points in history, and he considers how prisons are unable to satisfy all three at the same time—leading to the system being seen as a failure, despite rising numbers of prisoners and growing funds invested in keeping them incarcerated. With intriguing comparisons between the prisons of New York City and Britain and searching questions about the purposes of the current penal system, Pain and Retribution provides unparalleled access to prison landings, staffs, and the people behind the locked doors.
